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Almost all of the shadow cabinet ministers who resigned received rousing receptions from backbenchers during the debate, including Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray, whose replacement will have to come from a non-Scottish constituency or the House of Lords.

There is currently confusion over whether or not Jeremy Corbyn would be guaranteed a place on the ballot. He will almost certainly lose the motion of no confidence, and will also struggle to reach the 35 nominations from his fellow MPs, which he barely managed last time.

However, some Labour sources close to the leader indicate that their independent legal advice says that the sitting leader is guaranteed a place on the ballot of a leadership election.